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My Old Kentucky Home
Composer: Stephen Foster

The melody of My Old Kentucky Home is quoted by Jerry Garcia during Beat It On Down The Line during the June 18, 1974 show. It is possibly also quoted during other Grateful Dead shows.

My Old Kentucky Home was written by Stephen Foster in the early 1850s and first published in 1853. The song was recorded many times during the early years of recording history.



Recordings

This list is not intended to be comprehensive. Dates are uncertain for pre-1930s releases.

no info Standard Quartette, 1895?
no info A.C. Weaver, 1895?
no info Male Quartette, 1899
no info Haydn Quartet, 1904
no info Edison Male Quartet, 1904
no info 10" 78rpm (When The Trees Are White With Blossoms I'll Return / My Old Kentucky Home), Henry Burr / George Alexander, 1908
no info 10" 78rpm (Home, Sweet Home / My Old Kentucky Home), Harry MacDonough / Corinne Morgan, 1908
no info 10" 78rpm (My Old Kentucky Home / Golden Trumpets), Columbia Orchestra, 1908
no info 10" 78rpm (Love's Rondo / My Old Kentucky Home), Prince's Orchestra / Columbia Quartette, 1909
no info 10" 78rpm (Home Of My Childhood / My Old Kentucky Home), Colonial Orchestra, 1910
no info 10" 78rpm (My Old Kentucky Home / Home, Sweet Home / America / Star Spangled Banner), Westminster Chimes, 1910
no info Songs Of America, No. 1, Victor Mixed Chorus, 1912
no info 10" 78rpm (Annie Laurie / My Old Kentucky Home), Samuel Gardner, 1915
no info 10" 78rpm (Home Sweet Home / My Old Kentucky Home), Elsie Baker, 1916
no info 10" 78rpm (Old Folks At Home / My Old Kentucky Home), Taylor Trio, 1916
no info "America Forever!": Grand American Fantasia & Marsovia Waltzes, Arthur Pryor's Band, 1916
no info 10" 78rpm (My Old Kentucky Home / Old Folks At Home), Harry Macdonough / Elsie Baker, 1916
no info 10" 78rpm (Mol Uhane Waltz / My Old Kentucky Home), Louise And Ferera, 1917
no info Four American Songs, Maud Powell, 1917
no info 10" 78rpm (Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms / My Old Kentucky Home), Gondolier Trio / Samuel Gardner, 1919
no info 10" 78rpm (Old Black Joe / My Old Kentucky Home), Rialto Quartet, 1919
no info 10" 78rpm (My Old Kentucky Home / Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes), Marie Morrisey / George Lambert, 1919
no info 10" 78rpm (My Old Kentucky Home / Old Black Joe), Louise Terrell / Shannon Four, 1920
no info 10" 78rpm (My Old Kentucky Home And Old Black Joe / Down In Arkansas), Ford Hanford / Myers And Hanford, 1921
no info 10" 78rpm (My Old Kentucky Home / Old Black Joe), Louise Terrell / Shannon Four, 1921
no info 10" 78rpm (Nearer My God To Thee / My Old Kentucky Home), Trinity Mixed Quartette, 1922
no info 10" 78rpm (Carry Me Back To Old Virginny / My Old Kentucky Home), Marie Tiffany And Male Trio, 1923
no info 10" 78rpm (Southern Blues / My Old Kentucky Home), Louise And Ferera Hawaiian Troupe, 1923
no info 10" 78rpm (My Old Kentucky Home / Old Folks At Home), Miss Lee Morse, 1926
no info 10" 78rpm (My Old Kentucky Home / Old Black Joe), Harold. L. Rieder, 1927
no info 10" 78rpm (My Old Kentucky Home / Love's Old Sweet Song), Amelita Galli-Curci, 1928
no info Southern Melodies Waltz, Walter Kolomoku's Honoluluans, 1928
no info Stephen Foster Melodies, Victor Salon Group, 1928
no info 10" 78rpm (My Old Kentucky Home / Old Folks At Home), Leo Le Sieur, 1928
no info 10" 78rpm (Old Black Joe / My Old Kentucky Home), Lew White, 1931
no info 10" 78rpm (My Old Kentucky Home / Carry Me Back To Old Virginny), Ruth Pierson, 1931
no info Carry Me Back To Old Virginny, Sons Of The Pioneers, 1936
no info Stephen Foster Album, Richard Crooks, 1937
no info 10" 78rpm (My Old Kentucky Home / Old Black Joe), Gene Krupa And His Orchestra, 1939
no info Theremin Melodies, Bud Averill, 1941
no info 10" 78rpm ('Til Reveille / My Old Kentucky Home), Bing Crosby, 1941
no info Stephen Foster Songs, Lew White, 1941
no info Stephen Foster Favorites, Sammy Kaye And His Orchestra, 1943
no info Stephen Foster Songs, Bing Crosby, 1946
no info Sings Fireside Favorites, Blanche Thebom, 1949
no info Music Of Stephen Foster, André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra, 1950
no info Stephen Foster Songs, Al Jolson, 1951
no info Stephen Foster In Song And Story, Robert Merrill & Clifton Fadiman, 1951
no info Raggin' The Tenor Banjo, Marvin Montgomery, 1952
no info 7" single (God Bless America / My Old Kentucky Home), Kate Smith, 1953
no info America's Favorite Songs, The American Singers With Orchestra, 1954
no info Songs Of Stephen Foster, The Roger Wagner Chorale, 1954
no info Songs Of Stephen Foster, The John Halloran Choir, 1954
no info South Of The Mason-Dixon Line, Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band, 1955
no info 67 Melody Lane, Ken Griffin, 1955
no info Songs Of The South, Norman Luboff Choir, 1956
no info Banjo Picker's Ball, The Sunnysiders, 1957
no info Around The World Of Winifred Atwell In 80 Tunes, Winifred Atwell, 1958
no info Benny Fields And His Minstrel Men, Benny Fields And His Minstrel Men, 1958
no info SIngle (Majorca / My Old Kentucky Home), Chris Barber's Jazz Band, 1958
no info Barbershop Ballads, The Sportsmen Quartet, 1959
no info Country Jazz, George Barnes And His Quartet, 1959
no info Kings Of Dixieland Volume 3, Kings Of Dixieland, 1959
no info Stephen Foster Favorites, The Robert Shaw Chorale, 1959
no info Let's All Sing, The Fireside Gang, 1959
no info Plays Stephen Foster, Billy Vaughn, 1959
no info Master Acker Bilk EP, Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band, 1959
no info Songs Of The American Land, Salli Terri, 1960
no info Sings God Bless America, Kate Smith, 1960
no info Beautiful Dreamer Stephen Foster Melodies, Elly Ellason And Orchestra, 1960
no info Showboat Favorites Featuring Connie Haines, 1960
no info Like Charlie, Charlie Shavers And His Orchestra, 1960
no info Bongos From The South, Edmundo Ros And His Orchestra, 1961
no info Banjo Party With The Banjo Barons, 1961
no info Banjos Back To Back, Harry Reser, 1962
no info Old South New Sound, Bobby Gordon, 1962
no info New Sound In Bluegrass! Bluegrass Banjo With Strings, Bill McElhiney And His Orchestra, 1963
no info Features A Showcase Of Stephen Foster, Russ Case, 1963
no info The Worlds Best 5-string Banjo, Don Reno With Red Smiley, 1963
no info Whoop 'Em Up Cindy, Sam & Kirk McGee, 1964
no info Pete Fountain And The Kings Of Dixieland Pete Fountain And The Kings Of Dixieland, 1964
no info Bluegrass and Folk Blues: Five String Banjo & 12-String Guitar, Don Parmley with Billy Strange, 1964
no info The Beloved Melodies Of Stephen Foster, Eric Rogers Chorale And Orchestra, 1964
no info The Original Cool Jamaican Ska, Various Artists (Vic Brown's Combo), 1964
no info At Home With Dick Curless, 1965
info Liz Getz Sings, Liz Getz, 1965
no info Plays Modern Country Guitar, Joe Edwards, 1966
no info Fastest Five Strings Alive, Don Reno, 1969
no info Everything Is Beautiful, Tennessee Ernie Ford, 1970
no info For The Good Times And Other Country Moods, Chet Atkins, 1971
no info Kersbrook Cottage, Hamilton County Bluegrass Band, 1972
no info Sings The Best Of Stephen Foster, Dave Hamilton, 1974
info Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys, Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys, 1975
no info American Encores, Mantovani And His Orchestra, 1976
no info Beautiful Dreamer: Sing Stephen Foster, The Centurymen, 1977
no info Doc Severinson And Friends, Doc Severinson And Friends, 1978
no info Movin' On, The Wood Brothers, 1979
no info Farmyard Swing, Kenny Baker, 1979
no info Doggone My Time, Cathy Fink, 1981
no info Fingerpicking Dulcimer, Janita Baker, 1982
no info Changing Phases, Travis Wetzel, 1987
no info Kentucky Bluegrass Fiddler, Mike Feagan, 1987
no info Larry And Wyatt Rice, Larry And Wyatt Rice, 1990
info American Sampler, Ed Sweeney, 1994
no info American Tranquility, Phil Coulter, 1994
no info Appalachian Memories, Jim Hendricks, 1994
no info My Old Kentucky Home, Miles Osland Little Big Band, 1994
no info Kentucky Mountain Banjo, Raymond W. McLain, 1995
no info By George! It's Probert In England, George Probert / Sarah Bissonnette’s British All Stars, 1996
no info Songs Of The South, Jim Gibson, 1997
no info Bluegrass From The Gold Country, The Vern Williams Band, 1997
no info Wildwood Flower, Alisa Jones, 1997
no info Win Place & Show, Tom Morrell & The Time Warp Tophands, 1998
info High Lonesome: Complete Starday Recordings, The Country Gentlemen, 1998
no info Hazleton! King Of Instruments Concert, Tom Hazleton, 1999
no info 16 Super Hits, Nashville Fiddles, 1999
info Kentucky Home, Tim Lake, 2000
no info Country Mountain Melodies, Craig Duncan & the Smoky Mountain Band, 2002
no info The Complete Piano Works Of Stephen Foster, Sara Davis Buechner, 2002
no info Classic Riverboat Songs, Jeff Steinberg, 2003
no info The Golden Haired Soprano, Mary Lewis, 2005
info Grass It Up!, Kentucky Sassafras, 2006
no info 30 Classic Hits, Nashville Fiddles, 2006
info Blockbuster Bluegrass, Various Artists (Kazuhiro Inaba), 2006
no info Time Machine, Dakota Dave Hull, 2007
no info 1963-1972 Complete King Starday Recordings, Don Reno, Red Smiley, Bill Harrell, 2011
no info Heartsongs & Audubon, Carver Blanchard, 2011
no info Frank Wakefield, Taylor Baker & Friends, Frank Wakefield, Taylor Baker & Friends, 2013
no info Sing The Songs Of Vern & Ray, Laurie & Kathy, 2014